How would you get a breast obbsessed baby to take a bottle?

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Don't worry. I haven't had another baby. It's for my sister.

She hasn't had time away from her children since she became pg with her ds2. Who is now over 6 months old.

He won't take solids or bottles. He will only have the breast.

She has a meal booked on good friday with myself, our other sister, my aunt and my mum.

She is desperate to go but can't ds2 to take anything other than the breast.

Any tips?

cup? some who won't take a bottle will sip from a cup.

How long is she likely to be away? a few hours? if he has no milk at all for those few hours he'll still be ok and it might make him try the cup - mum's not there, milk is there in the cup. someone else is offering it. Sometimes that works quite well!

She will be gone about 7ish to midnightish so not hours, but I think she fancies a drink so wouldn't be able to bf all night

My DD, although happily weaning at 6months, refused bottle, I tried every single trick, changed bottles, tried to leave the room and DH do it/leave the house, do it when she was hungry, do it when she was not hungry, do it when she was not tired, when she was tired. The works (returning to work, felt I needed to).

In the end, I gave up trying, just accepted she would not do it. Then at 10 months DH bought a bottle from sainsbury's £1.99 bottle with a grippy hole in the middle, 'just to see', and by this time DD was interested in holding, looking, putting things in her mouth etc etc so we just gave it to her and she took it.

Realised she was so independent (still is) that she would only take the bottle once she was able to feed herself with it. Then, she quickly went of the boob completely

{i was furious, £1.99 bottle I had spent a fortune on expensive bottles and she wants a cheap one!)

Lol, she says she is going out this weekend and buying loads of bottles and cartons of different formulas to see if she can tempt him.

Personally I would just spike his bottle with hot chocolate powder

Anyone else got any more tips? I have just suggested a cup to her, but she says she tried one today and he couldn't work out what to do. She is going to try a doidy cup. I will suggest a grippy bottle.

My dd2 wouldn't take any occasional bottles and unfortunately never did until I completely stopped bf overnight. Then she had to because there was no alternative.
Obviously I don't recommend this just for a meal.
I left dd2 several times with friends and EBM in various vessels but to no avail, thats why I stopped feeding overnight and had to give bottles at every feed for her to take bottles. She would only take formula in a bottle as well.

LOL at choc powder thats not a bad idea as a temporary solution!

Is she planning on being incapably drunk? A glass of wine or two won't affect her milk enough to matter by night time.

I know this sounds daft, but dd (4 months) will only take a bottle if you dream feed her. She has to be really asleep and dreaming about feeding. We've only attempted it when she has fallen asleep in her swing which means she's up at an angle. Hope this helps

I read somewhere it's good to do it while walking around so they're distracted. The Tommee Tippee bottles are quite good with the wide teat.

No she isn't planning on being incapably drunk. But she says she won't be able to enjoy her night if she knows her ds2 will be getting stressed with hunger.

Dream feeding sounds like a good idea.

this?

dh finally persuaded ds to take a bottle by wrapping it in a bra I'd worn. He said it was like seeing a little lightbulb going on above ds's head: 'Oh, it's milk, why didn't you tell me, you idiots!'

Mine would never take a bottle even from very determined MIL and they only liked really cheap sippy cups not anyway-up cups, I wasted loads of money on avent stuff!

DD is the same (5 1/2mo).

Nuk Latex teats seem to be the best. She hated Tommee Tippee.

Based on my v subjective experience of one breastfed baby who refused every kind of bottle, I'd say stick with cups and find one that suits. A Nuk Learner Cup worked for us. They also fit the Nuk teats so you could try it with the soft spout and also the teat and see if either worked.